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Russian tea glasses.

Hi all. I've heard that in Russia it's tradition to drink tea from some sort of glass. Does anyone know what these look...
36 comments posted 21yrs
posted by f97mni
36 comments posted 21yrs posted by f97mni

My First Pu-Erh

Yesterday, I cut the top off of my sample pouch of ZH25 Organic China Leaf Pu-Erh from Upton. Upon first reading about...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thedeep_bluesea
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by thedeep_bluesea

teateateatea-

man. i can't get enough tea lately. for the last few days i've been drinking tea constantly. all day long. tons of it....
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posted by seeyou
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by seeyou

Winner Report: Kee Mun

I reordered SpecialTeas "Emperor's Red 593" China Black. The batch I'm finishing up has the distinct chocolate aroma an...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by beowulf_on_a_valk
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by beowulf_on_a_valk

Need help to identify some oolong

Hi all, I bought 2 good oolongs in Montreal a few months ago but I can't remember which kind of oolongs they were... As...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by benoitf99
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by benoitf99

West African tea

Dear group, Does anyone know anything about west African teas? I was speaking with a Hausa friend from Ghana and he men...
15 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rufusfirefly
15 comments posted 21yrs posted by rufusfirefly

Branding

I recently read in a book called (roughly) "100 teas, 100 stories" (or something similar, I don't have it at hand at th...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rufusfirefly
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by rufusfirefly

Blending Teas

Hi all, I don't know if this subject has been broached before or not, I'm still new to the 'hardcore' tea way of life....
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by keemunblk
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by keemunblk

Tried Pu-er - didn't like it much

Ok, from everything I've read, I thought Pu-er sounded like an interesting tea. I was near a Teavana so I had them make...
81 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kathyspam
81 comments posted 21yrs posted by kathyspam

White tea from Celestial Seasonings

While at Wal-Mart, I saw that Celestial Seasonings has two white teas, one is peach flavored and the other is pear flav...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thedeep_bluesea
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by thedeep_bluesea

Gongfu Cha and First Steeping.

OK, I have a question that I've seen considerable debate upon recently on other forums. As most people know, when doing...
21 comments posted 21yrs
posted by askme
21 comments posted 21yrs posted by askme

Gaibei vs. Gaiwan

Hi all, On this page http://www.nobleharbor.com/tea/kungfu/teaware.html they show a gaibei that looks exactly like a ga...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Csinesis
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by Csinesis

Uptons or Culinary tea?

Hi, I usually buy my tea through Special Teas, (and previously--Adagio), but I would like to try some teas not availabl...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by skymist
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by skymist